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Almost Fishing Legend Winner.

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

: Wooey is the winner of the Codmac Almost Fishing Legend prize pack valued at $200- Well done on a great yarn.

Thanks to all those who shared their stories on Almost Fishing Legends amongst them were some yery good yarns. But there can only be one winner and this season it goes to Wooey. Im sure you will agree he deserves the prize as much as any. Just to relive his tale of woe and understand what a trip from hell can be like just read on.

Hi guys a little trip i had that went wrong decided to take a monday off work for a fish left home at 530am so as to get on the water nice and early. Got to the river and proceeded to back boat in through a cutting in the bank got the boat in then realised it was a bit to steep to get the ute back up after countless attempts i decided it would be better to reverse the ute back further to get a run up in doing this i left the drivers door open so i could look to make sure i didnt hit the side of the bank which wasnt a good idea because the corner of the door got wedged into the bank and i couldnt go forwards or back. Digging in the hard clay for an hour with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers didnt help to get the door out so i started walking to find a farmer (which i found after 2 Km of walking) who towed us out. after all this and still wanting to fish we decided to take the 45min drive to a ramp which i knew i could put in easily. we managed to get the boat in without any troubles and were heading of down the river when i realised i left something in the ute. Back to the boat ramp and we could not find the ute keys anywhere. we searched the boat and tipped all our gear upside down for no reward and made sure they were not locked in the ute. i figured they must of fell out of my pocket when i got into the boat so in to the water i went up to my waste in water sifting through the mud with my hands and feet after half an hour or so i found the keys in the mud on the bottom of the river got them out and the central locking still worked so we decided it would probly be in our best interest to head for home FISHLESS

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Almost Fishing Legends Competition

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

How many times have you made a simple but often embarrassing mistake whilst out fishing with your mates? Best case scenario is that no one notices and you get away with it. Worst case is that it finds its way on to the Codmac site, into the almost fishing legends thread. Here, it will be shared amongst other fishos who no doubt have similar stories of woe.
A local bloke and very keen angler who will be known only as Huleo had recently got into lure fishing. While he had managed to land a few nice cod he had also managed to snag and lose several lures in the process. After some timely advice, he went out and purchased a tackle back and was delighted with its ingenuity when it came to saving lures. How good was this just drop it down, knock the lure off then wind it in? Bloody marvellous.

One thing did puzzle Huleo though, and that was the significance of the small half moon loop on the top of the lure retriever at the opposite end to the chains, surely it had a purpose. Not to worry… five snags, five saves, it was obviously of little importance. Next trip out, first snag of the day and the tackle back was sent on its way down the line. Clunk…. the lure stayed firm. It’s amazing how quickly the penny drops as in that instant the significance of the small half moon loop fell into place. Yep, that’s where the string goes to pull the retriever back if the lure cannot be de-snagged.

Well done on the almost fishing legends play of the day Huleo. You are now in the running for the legends pack that will include a $200 selection of Codmac signature fishing tackle.